West Nile Virus State of the Art Report of MALWEST Project

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Andriani Marka⁷  Alexandros Diamantidis⁸  Anna Papa⁴  George Valiakos¹⁰  Serafeim C. Chaintoutis⁹  Dimitrios Doukas⁵  Persefoni Tserkezou⁷  Alexios Giannakopoulos¹⁰  Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos¹⁰  Eleni Patsoula⁶  Evangelos Badieritakis³  Agoritsa Baka¹  Maria Tseroni¹  Danai Pervanidou¹  Nikos T. Papadopoulos⁸  George Koliopoulos³  Dimitrios Tontis⁵  Chrysostomos I. Dovas⁹  Charalambos Billinis¹⁰  Athanassios Tsakris^2,7  Jenny Kremastinou¹ 

[1] Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens 15123, Greece; E-mails:;Laboratory of Biological Control of Pesticides, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens 14561, Greece; E-mails:;National Reference Center for Arboviruses, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece; E-mail:;Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa 43100, Greece; E-mails:;Department of Parasitology, Entomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, Athens 11521, Greece; E-mail:;Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece; E-mail:;Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Volos 38446, Greece; E-mails:;Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece; E-mails:;Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa 43100, Greece; E-mails:

关键词: West Nile virus;    Greece;    surveillance;    control;    epidemiology;    diagnosis;    mosquito;    bird;    risk assessment;    GIS;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph10126534

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

During the last three years Greece is experiencing the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) epidemics. Within this framework, an integrated surveillance and control programme (MALWEST project) with thirteen associate partners was launched aiming to investigate the disease and suggest appropriate interventions. One out of seven work packages of the project is dedicated to the State of the Art report for WNV. Three expert working groups on humans, animals and mosquitoes were established. Medical databases (PubMed, Scopus) were searched together with websites: e.g., WHO, CDC, ECDC. In total, 1,092 relevant articles were initially identified and 258 of them were finally included as references regarding the current knowledge about WNV, along with 36 additional sources (conference papers, reports, book chapters). The review is divided in three sections according to the fields of interest: (1) WNV in humans (epidemiology, molecular characteristics, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, surveillance); (2) WNV in animals (epidemiological and transmission characteristics concerning birds, horses, reptiles and other animal species) and (3) WNV in mosquitoes (control, surveillance). Finally, some examples of integrated surveillance programmes are presented. The introduction and establishment of the disease in Greece and other European countries further emphasizes the need for thorough research and broadening of our knowledge on this viral pathogen.

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